Pre Christmas Sing-along & New Dog :)
With only three days to go to Christmas Eve 🎄 my wife and I travelled up to Washington DC to be with my in-laws. There we were greeted by a giant Christmas tree and around 50 souls (half of whom were squealing children) gathered around it and singing songs of praise in Spanish: a group prayer called a Novena that begins 9 days before Christmas.
This was followed by a feast (my mother in law prepared lasagna & wine was flowing). Also, a major new development: I was introduced to the new dog, Leo, who is 9 months and a bundle of joy - half poodle, half golden retriever.
Hope you're having fun with loved ones, wherever this finds you :)
COOL.. A goldendoodle! So cute :-D
Very festive and spiritual this gathering, this Novena. We have a large population of Spanish and Spanish influence here in our local culture. This Novena is not totally unfamiliar to me except for the fact that I was never apart of one. Beautiful tree! Lasagna and wine??!! yummmmm...
Up until I married, I was not very familiar with Latin culture... now, I've visited much of South America (love their music!) and speak a mangled but colorful Spanish :)
Group prayer is a marvelous thing -- as a spiritual tourist, I feel something of an imposter during such affairs, but a respectful, awed imposter
_/|\_Thank you for being here for me, so I can be here for you.
Enjoy your day and stay creative!
Botty loves you. <3
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